Family friend Robin Evers, with her back to the camera, consoles an unidentified woman at the scene of Tuesday's stabbing death in Troy. (Bob Gardinier/Times Union)

Family friend Robin Evers, with her back to the camera, consoles an unidentified woman at the scene of Tuesday's stabbing death in Troy. (Bob Gardinier/Times Union)

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A 33-year-old Lansingburgh woman was stabbed to death early Tuesday in front of her three children, and a man involved in the deadly dispute remains hospitalized with knife wounds.

Amber Fernald was found dead inside her third-floor apartment at 93 Sixth Ave. after the 3:45 a.m. attack. A witness said the children ran out of the house screaming "Mommy's on the ground."

Several people called police. Officers arrived and kicked in the door. The injured man was taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital, where detectives hoped to interview him after he received medical care, police said. The identity of the man was not made public, and no arrests have been made. Capt. Daniel DeWolf said a court order prohibited Fernald and the man from having contact.

As evidence technicians on the scene searched for clues on Tuesday afternoon, grieving relatives and friends gathered outside the home. The mother of two sons, ages 5 and 13, and a daughter was killed on the girl's 12th birthday.

"She was a wonderful, wonderful mother and the kids are very upset," family friend Robin Evers said as tears ran down her face. "She lived for her beautiful kids, got them into sports and other activities and they were all doing very well in school."

Police said the children are with relatives. Authorities and others familiar with the case said the man in the hospital is not the father of the children.

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When asked about domestic violence issues at the home, Evers replied "I will not say anything about that."

Evers tried to console a woman at the scene who was crying uncontrollably with her face in her hands, repeating Fernald's name and saying, "Oh, no; oh, no."